Motorola DROID 3 hands-on

Verizon Wireless just shot us over its latest flagship DROID handset, the Motorola DROID 3, and it’s pretty intense. Specs-wise, it features a whopping 4-inch qHD display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, a fully redesigned slide-out QWERTY keyboard, an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video capture, global roaming capabilities, and it runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The device is thicker and heavier than we’d imagined, but that’s not to say it’s too chunky. It’s actually thinner than the DROID 2 and even the original DROID, though the bigger display certainly makes the overall footprint feel very large. Motorola’s qHD displays are PenTile displays, and unfortunately they all look pretty pixelated. Despite all those pixels, the DROID 3’s display is no exception, though it most likely won’t matter for the majority of consumers. The phone feels nice and solid, and the keyboard is incredibly spacious. In fact, the DROID 3 easily sports the best QWERTY of any of Verizon’s Android devices. Check out photos of the Motorola DROID 3 in our gallery below, and be on the look out for our full review soon!

Aww getting a whole lot defensive now that the iPhone 4 is the best selling smartphone on Verizon?

Cry m0ar

http://www.droiddoes.com/ iNorm

This DROID DOES more than the iPhone and has more market share so it’s better.

Anonymous

@Norm_4G_LTE:disqus Market share matters little when you’re smart enough to build a business that’s not dependent on it. Apple takes 50% of mobile phone profit with 5% market share. Market share is a nice-to-have at Apple, not a necessity.

Android has more % of market share than iphone. Just saying. 80% of what steve says on keynotes is made up BS. 95% of ifans believe that BS.

Anonymous

There are over 300+ phones running android. There are 2 phones running iOS. TWO!!!!!!!! Now you want to talk iOS and android os across all devices. iOS kills them all.

Zac Caslin

80% of what you say is BS, Just saying.

Anonymous

What does that matter when Apple’s mobile phone profits roughly equal those of the entire rest of the industry COMBINED? Market share only matters when your business depends on volume. Apple’s doesn’t.

Ed Royall

Yet iOS has far less market share than android – honestly, what is it with you people incessantly proclaiming the divinity of the iPhone 4 which is clearly outdated and relies on “fashion” to sell

Anonymous

What is with you people not understanding that market share only matters when your business model depends on volume? Apple takes home 50% of the entire mobile phone industry’s profits with 5% market share.

ted

So your saying you think you sexy?

WinBSODowsMom

Jr. Stop masturbating while reading these tech sites, and go throw out the trash, and please get a job! Your daddy can’t afford to buy you another app from the Apple store.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Kroh/509408139 Eric Kroh

no..its they think their iphone 4’s have 4gb of internal memory and 16/32/64 mb per second download…haahah

Art Vandelay

What breed is that dog? Shiba Inu?

sirpaul

Yes.

awwww

THAT DOG IS SO DAMN CUTE!

Shiba_Owner

Yep, that’s a Shiba Inu. Great dogs, I have a sesame colored Shiba.

Mark

hear they are quite the runners if they manage to get off the leash

ShibasRule!

SO DO I!

Mark

I had to chase one about 3 miles once. He just ran and would not stop! Only way I got him was because he heard a noise in the bushes as he ran by or something and stopped to check it out. I dove on him like a linebacker on a quarterback once I caught up to where he was! He almost got run over several times as he would run right into intersections and main roads without a single care for traffic. Was a scary chase. They now have a martingale collar that he cant flip out of thankfully :)

Anonymous

……And, as soon as we got it, we fed it to Zach’s dog since it’s not the Martha Stewart White iPhone 5STD we’re all anxiously awaiting with bated breath and hard-ons.

sirpaul

Pretty sure that’s Jon’s dog.

Anonymous

Can’t be, it’s not Martha Stewart White? Jonathan would never have a mixed-colored dog. Actually, check out the side-burns, looks just like Zach’s; you know what they say….?

http://www.bgr.com Jonathan Geller

The dog’s name is Moto, and he’s mine. I passed on getting a cream (white) Shiba. Keep trolling, though!

The poor screen resolution is a crying shame on such an otherwise great device. The screen on an Android device (or any mobile phone) is your window to the digital world. D3 users are stuck looking through a rusted screen on the outside of their window. Fatal flaw, IMHO.

Anonymous

Holding out for the Bionic (please don’t let it have a PenTile display).

Anonymous

Agree on PenTile, but not so much on the bionic. Dont get me wrong its going to be a beast of a phone, but I think Moto delayed the release to long and Sammy is going to steal a bunch of thunder when the GS2 hits the states. I know Im waiting eagerly.

Anonymous

I absolutely hate pentile. Im so glad Samsung went away from that with their super amoled plus screens

Anonymous

Omg…the dog…must…eat…his/her…face! So cute!

http://twitter.com/cdoruff Collin Doruff

Will the phone come with that dog? If so, im getting one.

http://infotainmentempire.blogspot.com Rob

I don’t know if the dog is making the phone look huge or the phone makes the dog look smaller than I imagined?

Robert Matusevich

I think it might be a shiba inu, which is basically a mini akita.

Anonymous

I’ve had this phone since last week. it’s the best phone on verizon’s network and easily top 5 in the other network’s combined. It’s fast and the motoblur or whatever they call it is very good and not bothersome. The screen is not the big deal everyone seems to be making it.
Fact even in the brightest sun you can see the screen as if you were indoors without any issue and unless ur looking under a magnifying glass whenever u use the phone u won’t notice and pixels, please stop buying into buzz words this is a solid screen and its better than OG Droid’s as well. The call quality of this phone is an epic win…no screeching not sounding distant nothing. I was holding out for the bionic but I needed a keyboard for work and other reasons and all touchscreens don’t excite me… Verizon also has the 3G on this phone running fast…this is a superb device
It will hold me over until Droid 4 with the more mature LTE chipset comes out next year.

OH LAWD

Pen tile displays are freaking bright, that’s for sure. I just don’t like how pixelated they make text seem

Scott

Pentile screens suck! Of course if you have owned an iPhone 4, then your spoiled to it’s screen.

Jrod196

I think I have that couch

Robert Matusevich

Let me know if hey need anyone to field test!

J-

When open the Motorola Droid 3 is offensively ugly.

Ricardo Moura Rocha

I would say by the pictures that it’s more PAWS on than hands on…ehehehhe

The VZW store by me doesn’t have any D3s in yet, but the screen on the D2G looks like a Lite Brite to me, it’s so pixelated. I couldn’t deal with that. I just ordered an Inc2 to replace my D1, which I’m about ready to smash with a hammer. The Inc2 isn’t really what I want, but it will hopefully hold me over until the phone I do want exists…some day.

Anonymous

U know u can order it online right? Don’t waste your time with the Inc2. You’ll be better off getting ordering the Droid 3. 16gb of internal storage with SD card support up to 32…better than any other phone. My friend bought one and I’m a little envious. But I’ll wait til next summer when the Droid 4 comes out with a 4g/LTE radio in it. Then I’ll give up my DX.

Anonymous

Long Live Foxdeerdog!

Stevej

Is that an idog?

Killajack28

Had my Droid 3 since last weeks launch and I don’t have any complaints at all. I use my iPhone for music only, thinking about turning it off. Hmmm